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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nabil_Ali > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nabil_Ali.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabil_Ali > Source revision: 1342217301 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Egyptian scientist and intellectual}} {{Prose|date=March 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Nabil Ali | native_name = Nabil Ali Mohammed Abd Al Azeez | birth_date = {{birth date|1938|1|03||df=y}} | death_date = 27 January 2016 (age 78) | education = Cairo University }} '''Nabil Ali Mohammed Abd AL Azeez''' ([Arabic](/source/Arabic):[نبيل علي](/source/%3Aar%3A%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A)) (3 January 1938 – 27 January 2016){{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=^The death of the Egyptian software scientist "Nabil Ali Abdel Aziz," the developer of the Sukhoi plane, Al-Ahram Newspaper. Copy reserved September 23, 2017 on the Wayback Machine website.|url=http://www.ahram.org.eg/NewsQ/472086.aspx|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923145012/http://www.ahram.org.eg/NewsQ/472086.aspx|archive-date=23 September 2017|website=}} was an Egyptian scientist, writer, and intellectual who worked in the field of [natural language processing](/source/natural_language_processing) and [computational linguistics](/source/computational_linguistics). Ali is considered a pioneer of Arabic language computing, making significant innovations in early computational linguistics. == Education and career == Ali earned a [bachelor's degree](/source/bachelor's_degree) in [Aeronautical Engineering](/source/Aerospace_engineering) in 1960, and a [master's degree](/source/master's_degree) in 1967. In 1971, he earned a [PhD](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy) in Aeronautics. From 1961 to 1972 Ali worked as an engineering officer in the [Egyptian Air Force](/source/Egyptian_Air_Force), specializing in maintenance and training.{{Cite web|date=3 January 2020|title=Google Honors Pioneering Egyptian Computational Linguist Nabil Ali Mohamed|url=https://egyptianstreets.com/2020/01/03/google-honors-pioneering-egyptian-computational-linguist-nabil-ali-mohamed/|access-date=7 March 2021|website=Egyptian Streets|language=en-US}} In 1972, he shifted focus to computing, and from 1972 to 1977 he worked as a computer manager at [Egyptair](/source/Egyptair). While in this position, Ali introduced the first automated reservation system for airlines in the [Arab world](/source/Arab_world). He later held various computing positions in Egypt, [Kuwait](/source/Kuwait), Europe, Canada and the US. Ali started working for [Sakhr Software](/source/Sakhr_Software_Company), an Arabic language technology company, in 1983. From 1985 to 1999, he was vice president of Sakhr's council for Research and Development. As a director of the Multilingual Advanced Systems Foundation and project manager at the Egyptian National Company for Scientific and Technical Information, Ali did extensive research on [information culture](/source/information_culture) and [artificial intelligence](/source/artificial_intelligence) relating to the Arabic language. Over the course of his career, Ali developed more than 20 educational programs relating to computational linguistics. He developed the first Arabic [lexical database](/source/lexical_database) and the first knowledge base for Arabic poetry, as well as many other pieces of Arabic language software. == Awards == * 1994: General Book Authority Award for Best Book (in the field of future studies).{{citation needed|date=March 2024}} * 2003: General Book Authority Award for Best Culture Book (in the field of "Challenges of the Information Age").{{Cite web|date=3 January 2020|title=Google celebrates Egyptian Arabic language computing pioneer Nabil Ali's birthday|url=https://egyptindependent.com/google-celebrates-egyptian-arabic-language-computing-pioneer-nabil-alis-birthday/|access-date=7 March 2021|website=Egypt Independent|language=en-US}} * 2007: General Book Authority "Innovation in Information Technology" Award. * 2012: King Faisal International Award, with Professor Ali Helmy Mousa, in the field of computer processing of the Arabic Language.{{Cite web|title=Winners of King Faisal International Prize for 2012 Announced {{!}} The Embassy of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia|url=https://www.saudiembassy.net/news/winners-king-faisal-international-prize-2012-announced|access-date=7 March 2021|website=www.saudiembassy.net}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} == Works == * Arabic Language and Computer (Research study), Dar Localization, 1988. * Al Arab and the Information Age, Knowledge World Series No. 184, April 1994. * Arab Culture and the Information Age: A Vision for the Future of Arab Culture Discourse, World of Knowledge Series, No. 265 January 2001. * The Digital Gap: an Arab Vision for a Knowledge Society (in partnership with Dr. Nadia Hegazy), World of Knowledge Series, No. 318 August 2005.{{Cite book|last1=Shirazi|first1=Farid|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KWqkBgAAQBAJ&q=nabil+ali+mohamed%2CThe+digital+gap%3A+an+Arab+vision+for+a+knowledge+society&pg=PA197|title=Business Review: Advanced Applications|last2=Ravindran|first2=Anton|date=11 September 2013|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|isbn=978-1-4438-5269-2|language=en}} * The Arab Mind and the Knowledge Society: Manifestations of the Crisis and Suggestions for Solutions, Part 1, The World of Knowledge Series, No. 369, November 2009.{{Cite journal|last1=El-Eqapy|first1=Ahmed Hashim|last2=Al asadi|first2=Daood Salim Resen|date=19 November 2020|title=Epistemology and Creativity in Architecture|journal=IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering|volume=928|issue=2|article-number=022034|doi=10.1088/1757-899X/928/2/022034|bibcode=2020MS&E..928b2034H|issn=1757-899X|doi-access=free}} * The Arab Mind and the Knowledge Society: Manifestations of the Crisis and Suggestions for Solutions, Part 2, The World of Knowledge Series, No. 370, December 2009.{{Cite journal|last=Al asad|first=Daood Salim Resen Al asad|title=Epistemology and Creativity in Architecture|journal=IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering|year=2020|volume=928|issue=2|article-number=022034|doi=10.1088/1757-899X/928/2/022034|bibcode=2020MS&E..928b2034H|doi-access=free}} == Tribute == On 3 January 2020, Google Doodle celebrated Nabil Ali Mohamed's 82nd Birthday.{{Citation |title=Nabil Ali Mohamed's 82nd Birthday |url=http://www.google.com/logos/doodles/2020/nabil-ali-mohameds-82nd-birthday-6753651837108252-2xa.gif |language=en |access-date=2023-01-02}} ==References== {{Reflist}} == External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100710192214/http://www.aljazeera.net/channel/archive/archive?ArchiveId=89569 Arab Sites and Their Place in the Era of Information Culture] – Nabil Ali, Expert in Information Technology and Computational Linguistics, Without Borders Program, 23 March 2001. {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ali, Nabil}} Category:1938 births Category:2016 deaths Category:Cairo University alumni Category:Egyptian male writers Category:Egyptian scientists Category:Place of birth missing Category:21st-century Egyptian writers Category:Computational linguistics researchers Category:Egyptian Air Force personnel Category:EgyptAir Category:Natural language processing researchers --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Nabil Ali](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabil_Ali) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabil_Ali?action=history)). 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